Dutch East Indiaman serving at West Coast of Sumatra according to the Generale Missive dated 12 October 1735

The Loenderveen and the Delfland arrived. The latter ship suffered from a nasty voyage from Cochin towards Padang. Due to the small pox died 168 of the 283 slaves and while transported to the mine another 8. The first ship brought back for ƒ 25.680 of gold bought at Singkel and 91.200 lb mineral from Salida. The [brigantine] Hoop transported a cargo including gold and camphor with a value of ƒ 34.416. With the Steenhoven and Purmerlust were cargo’s with clothes or carpets (?) from Coromandel send, with the first ship for ƒ 111.723, the latter ƒ 25.429 both destined for Padang. The Purmerlust transported also for ƒ 6864 towards Singkel. The Hof niet altijd Winter was sent with a cargo destined for Padang (ƒ 64.186), voor Singkel (ƒ 20.875) and for the mines (ƒ 20.758). The hooker Snuffelaar sent from the directors of the Cape of Good Hope to serve in the Archipelago was to serve off the West Coast of Sumatra. She transported for ƒ 3317 ironwork for the mines and for ƒ 5392 stores for Singkel. The brigantine Rotte was sent towards Bandjermasin and Djambi. The destination of the ships depended on their draught. The hull of the blown down chialoup Kasteel de Vijf Zinnen was still seaworthy. One pantjalang was sent over and was to be followed by one of two fast sailing ships to patrol along the north side of the west Coast of Sumatra.

Source

J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1729-1737. The Hague, 1988, Generale Missive from Abraham Patras, p. 652-671.